Love a Challenge... an Annual Party

Each year these super fun girls:

Get together to make a little something something... out of a mini charm pack of  Vanessa Christensen's latest fabric collection. This time it is Color Theory I guess we are all feeling a little rebellious since both Sally and I cheated a little bit. It was supposed to be a finished project but instead I made a block... I will explain why but first here is a picture:

It is a house...with a heart... now let me just say that heart's are not my favorite motif and I did not do it because the challenge always lands on Valentines day. I did it because my mother was here in the house on Hospice when I made it.... I wanted to express that "There is love in my house" right now, today, a lot of love! That was Wednesday at lunch time... Wednesday by dinner time she was gone. Now let's not be sad. Let's celebrate the love in our house.

Today my husband and I spent 7 hours on the road and a couple at my mom's house moving things. Bringing home some of my mom's earthly treasures. Deciding what to do with the rest. I promised a tutorial for this block but it will not happen until Monday now... I am sorry about that. I will post links to everyone's projects on Monday too.

This will be the first of a series of  tutorials of house blocks. Each one will express something that is in my/your house. They won't be super formal or anything like a perfect pattern because I want it to be free flowing and fun. This block started out as a nebulous idea and I started with the roof... then just added on pieces as I went until it seemed done. It is 16" but I am not going to guarantee any of the others will be that size. Like I said free flowing. I have no idea how big the quilt will be I might make 4 blocks I might make 20... and I don't know when the next one will be... a month-ish.

I got the idea to do a house project from my friend Andrea who owns an awesome Art Studio called A Work of Heart here in San Jose. She has an on going house project... you can see some of it here on the walls in this picture:

If you are local and haven't been to AWOH you should go and take a class... so much fun!

Anyway... see ya Monday with a tute!

Hugs to you all and thanks so much for your prayers and good wishes. If you didn't get a personal answer it is because you didn't have an email attached to your blogger account. I do appreciate them all though, so much!

How about some pretty pictures?

I got to the shop today for the first time in a week and a half... wanna see my pretty pictures?

Folk Song by Anna Maria Horner

I could rhapsodize over this one all day long! Look at that gorgeous sophisticated palette! I adore every single piece!

Hello Bear by Bonnie Christine

Trying out a new picture format for fun... isn't this totally precious? I love it and all of it's low volumes too :)

Fabric Friday...

All of our knit fabrics are on sale 30% off until Monday at Midnight Eastern.

And we are giving away the Popover Poncho Pattern, and enough of Maureen's Suntracks knit to make it, on her blog this weekend. You have to go to her blog to enter. 

So many things to show you. I am hoping to get back to some regular blogging this week.

We are sponsoring a Quilt Along at Happy Quilting...

Hi Everyone,

My dear friend Melissa is doing a quilt along for her adorable Irish Chain Twist quilt and we are sponsoring:

This is one of the kits we put together.

Isn't this fun? I adore Orange peels and improv blocks and I love how certain blocks come together to make an amazing all over pattern. Go take a look at her blog and you can see all of the fun kits we put together. She put them in the layout to show how it looks with each. You have chances of some super prizes if you decide to quilt along too.

If you are in town this Friday...

Come get your Glitter on... Molli Sparkles will be here and has offered to be your personal shopper. Yep he is back for our Anniversary... love that he comes to spend time with us each year about this time....Here is a quote from his blog:

"... I've been called away on a work trip to Cupertino, California, leaving this Monday for a week! Well, you know what that means? I will definitely be heading to Intrepid Thread for some fabric R&R! Not to make a big giant deal about it, but if you're in the area next Friday, January 30, I better see you there! I'll only be signing autographs from 11:28 - 11:57, but it will be the best twenty-nine minutes of your life. Seriously, I'll be hanging out with the Intrepid Thread team all day on Friday until about 3pm, and I'd love to meet you, and help you buy some fabric. Come on, you know you want to shop with me, because I want to shop with YOU!"

Being Real...

Hey Everyone,

Well you know me I have to be honest... I have not been around for a few days. My mother has been diagnosed with an advanced stage of Cancer and that has kept me away from the shop most of the last 2 weeks. I did take some time over the weekend last weekend to sew with some of my besties and I promise I will show pictures soon... if you follow my instagram you have seen them. We have gotten a ton... literally of fabric in the last week and a half... all of Cotton & Steel and Alison Glass' new Sunprints and Color Theory from V & Co... hope you will go over to the shop and have a look. I promise pretty pictures when I get back to the shop on Saturday. In the mean time here are some quick snaps I took on my way out the other day...

I love this double gauze!

I sewed....

I spent a little time yesterday sewing... I fell in love with the Tula Pink ribbon and how it looked with the Camo Deluxe print from Moonshine so I had to find something to make with it... I added in a little Shot Cotton and made this cute Open Wide Pouch ... Fun! Whattya been makin'?